Combined cigarette holder and ejector



July 16, 1929 A. w. EASTON 1,721,438v l yCOMBINED CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EJEGTR Filed Juiy 27, 192e z fafa /f 1y 75 MMM Patented Jury ie," 1929.

ARTHUR W. EASTON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EJECTOR.

Application filed July 27, 1926. vSerial No. 125,208.

This invention relates to improvements in a Combined cigar or cigarette holder and ejector therefor.

j One of its objects is to provide a device of this character whose partsare so organized and arranged as toreadily and quickly effect the removal of the cigar or cigarette stub without the smokers hands coming in con tact therewith. n

' Another object of the invention is the provision of a combined holder and ejector which is simple and compact inconstruction and which can be manufactured at a moderate cost. v

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure lis a side elevation of a combined holder land ejector embodying my invention. Figures 2, 3 and 4 are enlarged vertical longitudinal sections ofthe device showing the steps for effecting the ejection o f a cigarette therefrom. Figures 5,6 and 7 are transverse sections on the correspondingly numbered lines in Figs. 2, 3 and t, respectively. Fig-r ures 8 and 9 are perspectiver views of the ejector-tube. Figure 10 is a verticallongitudinal section of a modified form of the invention. Figure 11 is a vertical longitudinal section of another modification ofthe invention. Figure 12 is a ytransverse section on line`12-12, Fig. 11. Figure'13 is a Vperspective view Vof the ejector-tube of the modified construction shown in Fig. 12. ,Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout Vthe lseveral views. 3, I f Y In the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1-9, inclusive, the improved holder comprises armouth-,piece 15 having the usual bore or smoke passage 16, a cigar or cigarette holding tube 17, and an ejecting member or tube 18, telescopically fitted within the opposing front and rear ends of the mouth-piece and the holding tube. These three parts are so organized and arranged as to permit the ejecting member to be moved lengthwise of the cigarette holding tube through the medium of the mouth-piece, which last-.named part` is adapted to be coupled with the ejecting member in effecting the removal of the cigar or cigarette stub or butt from its holding tube.

" Slidably iitted Within the enlarged front portion 19 of the mouth-piece bore 16 isthev rear end of the ejector-tube 18 which is provided in its outer side with Va longitudinal groove 0r recess 20 with which teats orprojections 21, 22 formed in the bores of the opposing ends of the mouthfpiece and cigarette holding tube 17, respectively, are adapted to engage. At its rear end, this longitudinal groove is deflected part way around the ej e ctor-tube to form a diagonal or spiral-like extension 23, which terminates at its end in a transverse portion 24 withA which the teat 21 of the mouth-piece is adapted to automatically engage for the purpose of positively coupling or interlocking the ejector-tube with the mouth-piece when it is desired to displace the cigar or cigarette from the holding-.tube 17min order to readily facilitate the assembling of the various parts of the holder, the ej ector-tube is provided in its outer side with a longitudinal groove 25 extending from end to end thereof and arranged parallel with and suitably spaced from the longitudinal portion20l of the spiral groove. Said groove 25 is connected with the latter` by a transverse groove 26, as shown in Figs, 6, 8 and 9.l Thus, in assembling the parts, the'ejector-tube is inserted in the mouth-piece with its longitudinal groove 25 engaging the mouth-piece teat 21; when Ythe latter is brought opposite the transverse connecting groove 26, the parts are turned relatively. to each otherv to bring said teat into register with the other longitudinal groove 20 of the ejector-tube. holding-tube 17 is now fitted over the eX- tended front end of the ejector-tube, its teat 22 being iirst engagedl with' the longitudinal groove 25 of said vejector-tube, then withithe transverse groove 26 and finally with the longitudinal portion 20 of the spiral groove.

Itwill be noted that the cigarette holding tube 17 projects a suitable distance beyond the front end of the ejector-tubef18 to reliably support the cigarette therein, and that the combined length of the longitudinal groove 2O and its spiral portion 23 is somewhat longer than the projected portion of said holding tube, the effective stroke of the ej ectorstube relative to the latter being determined by the location of the teat 2l of the mouthpiece with lreference to the transverse end portion 24 of the said groove 20-23 in the normal position of the parts. As shown in the drawings, particularly Fig. 2, the distance between the mouth-piece teat and the transverse portion of the spiral groove of the ejector tube is approximately equal to the distance between the projected front end of the holding-tube and the corresponding end of the ejector-tube.

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In using this improved holder for smoking, the cigar or cigarette is placed in the projected front portion of the holding-tube 17. Vlien it is desired to remove the stub or butt therefrom, the user grasps the holding tube with one hand and the mouthpiece with the other, rst pulling these members apart, by a combined rotary and longitudinal movement, to the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein the teat 21 of the mouth-piece is brought into interlocking engagement with the transverse end portion 24 of the spiral-groove 23 in the ejector-tube. Upon now shifting the mouth-piece forwardly relatively to the hold-y ing-tube, the ejector-tube is compelled to move lengthwise therewith to the front end ofsaid holding-tube 'to the position shown in Fig. 4, with the result that the cigarette stub is ejected from the holder. The parts may be set in their intial position by reversing the steps just described for the ejecting operation, or by turning the mouth-piece relative to the holding-tube while the parts are in their ejected position shown in Fig. 4, which movement .will cause the ejector-tube to be retracted. into the mouthpiece owing to the engagement of the teat 21 of the latter with thespiral groovel of the ejector-tube. The

" teat22 of the holding-tube is always engaged with the longitudinal groove 2O of the ejector-tube, whereby relative turning of these parts during the turning of the mouth-piece on the ejector-tube is effectually prevented.

.- In the modification of the holder shown in Fig. 10, the front end of the ejector-tube has areduced stem 27 and encircling the same is a coil spring 28 bearing at one end against the resulting shoulder 29 formed between the main portion of the ejector-tube 'and its stem, and

atfthe otherend against an internal shoulder 30 formed in the bore ofthe cigarette holding tube 31. The end of the stem has a removable head 32 thereon which is normally held I against the front side of said shoulder by the spring 28. The latter tends constantly to hold the cigarette holding tube and the ejector-tube in the normal relative position shown in Fig. 10, and after the operation of ejecting the cigarette stub from the holder has beenperformed, this spring automatically returns the ejector-tube into the mouthpiece.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, the mouthpiece 33 has an inner tube 34 formed integral therewith which projects a suitable distance be-.

yond the front end thereof. -On its surface and near its front end, this inner mouthpiece I tube has a teat or projection 35 which engages a corresponding L-shaped groove 36 in the inner side of an ejecting member 37. This ej ecting member consists 'of an arcuate shaped barY 38 containing the groove 36 and terminates at its front end in a perforated plug or plunger 39 Aagainst which the cigarette normally abuts and which also acts to eject the cigarette from the holding-tube 40. The opertion of this holder is the same as that described in the first embodiment of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A cigarette holder, comprising a mouthpiece, a cigarette-holding tube separate from the mouthpiece, an ejecting member telescopically fitted in the opposing front and rear ends of said mouthpiece and said holding tube, the mouthpiece being movable relatively to both the ejecting member and the holding tube in one direction, and means for coupling said mouthpiece to said ejecting member to shift the latter relatively to said holding tube in the opposite direction to eject the cigarette therefrom.

2. A cigarette holder, comprising a mouthpiece, a cigarette-holding tube separate from the mouthpiece, an ej ecting member telescopically fitted in thel opposing front and rear ends of said mouthpiece and said holding tube and movable lengthwise of the latter, the mouthpiece being movable on the ejecting member to a predetermined position in spaced relation to the opposing end of the holding tube, and complementary means on said mouthpiece and said ej ecting member forcoupling such parts as a unit in said predetermined position to slide said ejecting member in the holding tube to eject the cigarette.

3. A cigarette holder, comprising a mouthpiece, a cigarette-holding tube separate from the mouthpiece and normally abutting at one end againstthe latter, anejectingmember telescopically fitted in the opposing front and rear ends of said mouthpiece and said holding tube, the holding tube being held from rotation relative to the ejecting'member and the mouthpiece being slidable and rotatable on the ejecting member, and means for coupling said mouthpiece to said ejecting member to shift the latter relatively to aid holding tube to eject the cigarette thererom.

`4. A cigarette holder, comprising a cigarette holding tube, an ejecting member slidable therein and having a longitudinal groove and a connecting spiral groove, and a mouthpiece slidable lengthwise on the ej ecting member and having a projection normally engaging with said longitudinal groove and adapted to engage said spiral groove to couple the mouthpiece to the ejecting member. l

5. A cigarette holder, comprising a cigarette-holding tube, an ejecting member slidable therein and having an external longitudinal groove and a connecting spiral groove, and a mouthpiece slidably and rotatably mounted on the lejecting member and having a projection normally engaged with said longitudinal groove and adapted to be shifted rearwardly on the ejecting member to engage its spiral groove and compel the ejecting member to slide with the mouthpiece in a forward direction.

6. A cigarette holder, comprising a cigarette-holding tube, an ejecting member slidable therein and having a connecting longitudinal and spiral groove, the rear end of said spiral groove terminating in a. transverse portion, and a. mouthpiece mounted on the ej ecting member and having a projection normally engaging said longitudinal groove and adapted to traverse said spiral groove and interlock with the transverse portion thereof upon a rearward and rotary movement of the mouthpiece relative to the ejecting member.

7. A cigarette holder, comprising a holding tube, a mouthpiece separate from the holding tube and normally abutting endwise against the same toform a closed oint, a combined coupling member and ejector fitted in the opposing ends of said holding-tube and said mouthpiece, the latter being movable lengthwise on said coupling member in a direction to separate the joint between it and the holding-tube, and complementary interlocking devices on the mouthpiece and the coupling member for connecting such parts as a unit and compelling their simultaneous movement in the opposite direction to close the joint, said coupling member being slidable in said holding-tube during such movement for ejecting the cigarette therefrom.

8. A cigarette holder, comprising a holding tube, a mouthpiece separate from the holding-tube, a combined coupling member and ejector relatively movable in the opposing ends of the holding tube and the mouthpiece, and a tongue and groove connection between'said mouthpiece and said ejector, the former being slidable on the later in one direction and said ejector being movable with the mouthpiece through the holding tube in the opposite directionto eject the cigarette therefrom.

ARTHUR W. EASTONT 

